A great conflict for national existence made necessary, for temporary purposes, the raising of large sums of money from whatever source attainable.
This would in time reduce the legal-tender notes to a volume that could be kept afloat without demanding redemption in large sums suddenly.
As Mayor of the city, he has been officially connected with many of the transactions by which the city has been defrauded of large sums of money.
He is said to have a greater command of large sums of ready money than almost any other American capitalist.
Nand Kumar accused Hastings of many acts of shameless bribery, declared that he himself had bribed him in large sums, and produced a letter from a native princess in which she avowed that she had bribed Hastings in large sums.
He must be willing to take the money in God's way, not merely in large sums but in small.
Lord previously sent me large sums, we should have been distressed indeed.
The committee further found that "large sums of money were expended for corrupt purposes by parties interested in legislation concerning railways during the session of 1868.
The banks likewise cheated the Government out of large sumsin their evasion of the stamp tax.
Large sums of money were frequently given by seculars who had not been advanced to the honour of knighthood, to be admitted amongst this highly-esteemed order of men.
If such things are to be permitted, a strong argument is presented against the appropriation of large sums of money to improve the navigation of this and other important highways of commerce.
The borrowed money which they have is in large sums, borrowed for terms more or less long.
The German Government has lately taken large sums in bullion from this country, in part from the Bank of England, and in part not, according as it chose.
The Government is necessarily at times possessed oflarge sums in cash.
Large sums, as they were realized, were transmitted to the United States, and invested in various American securities, where probably the money still remains.
This was called the sheriff's poundage, and often amounted to large sums--as much as L97 odd in one case which is cited by Mr. Neild.
The greatest causes celebre, however, of recent times were the turf frauds by which the Comtesse de Goncourt was swindled out of large sums in sham sporting speculations.
He must be willing to take the money in God's way, not merely in large sums, but in small.
This circumstance has greatly encouraged me; for the Lord showed me thereby, afresh, his willingness to continue to send us large sums, and that they can even come from individuals whom we have never seen before.
Large sums of money were expended in the re-construction of the walls of the castle, a strong garrison was established in the important post, and the Templars then marched upon Jerusalem.
Large sums of money were frequently given by seculars who had not been advanced to the honour of knighthood, to be admitted amongst this highly esteemed order of men.
If beautiful and accomplished, the "Corean artistes" make a very good living out of their profession, large sums of money being paid for their services.
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